Read on for everything you need to know about protecting your skin from this sun's damaging rays. Plus, expert tips on how to keep your tattoos looking fresh all summer long. Chemical sunscreen vs.

If so, in order to keep it in that condition you need to keep UV rays away from your ink. "The sun does fade your tattoos," says Alana Robbie, a tattoo artist of 13 years in an email to Bustle.

The sun emits two types of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, UVA and UVB. They do different things to your skin and can damage tattoos in different ways. Sunscreen can prevent UVA and UVB rays from ...

Combating skin damage and protecting against skin cancer only scratches the surface of why it's important to apply sunscreen on your tattoos. According to Dr. Libby, UV rays from the sun "may fade ...

Contrary to what some people believe, tanning beds are just as hard on tattoos as the sun, and arguably even more so because the ultraviolet rays are more concentrated. Milwaukee's Erin Shanty ...